The coming of our Redeemer into a natural body came to pass by a supernatural act of God. Mary was born into this world naturally, as everyone else and also in need of redemption. She was the chosen vessel wherein the divine seed was placed, so that the Word might become flesh. She also had to experience salvation as all others, and therefore was with the 120 who were gathered in the »upper room« in Jerusalem, anticipating the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. This experience is necessary to complete our salvation (Acts 1:14; Acts 2). She was sanctified according to the testimony of the Scripture, because she believed the promise that was given to her. The Bible never once speaks about canonisation or declaring people for holy or entering them into sainthood after their death. It only declares sanctification and holiness of the living who believe God’s promises and experience their fulfilments.

God only saves in one way, namely always in connection with the faith in the Word of promise, as was the case with Abraham. Mary believed the divine message, which the Angel Gabriel brought to her, and said, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.” Thus the Word was made flesh and the Son of God was born. In the same way all men and women have to listen to and believe the divine message, be open before God and experience the fulfilment of the Word of promise. Only in this way can spiritual, divine life come into our souls through the new birth. After the supernatural inauguration of the New Testament Church through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, Mary was never mentioned again, right to the end of the Bible. Neither Peter, John or James, nor Paul or any of the others did ever refer to her again. She had accomplished her task. We are concerned with Jesus Christ, the only Saviour, Mediator and Advocate. »Mariology« is unknown to the Scriptures and in reality stands in opposition to Jesus Christ, therefore it is an anti-christ theory. The calling upon and the worshipping of saints goes directly against God, Who alone is holy and worthy of worship (Jn. 4:23-24) and Who will not give His glory to another (Isa. 42, 8).

Jesus Christ is the Lord, who came in the flesh and became human. HE was absolutely holy and without sin, therefore He could take all our guilt upon Him and die in our place. Through His blood, in which was divine life, we have received reconciliation and forgiveness. Everyone who believes this will have the experience of the total redemption of the soul, spirit and body. By His resurrection on the third day the work of redemption was divinely crowned, and death, hell and Satan were conquered. The Resurrected One is the true Victor of Calvary. HE appeared to His disciples for forty days after His resurrection and spoke to them concerning the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God (Acts 1). After those days they saw Him as He was taken up into heaven (Lk. 24). All who believe in the biblical way can find the true anchor for their souls in these divine facts. By His resurrection our resurrection is guaranteed. In His ascension to heaven we have the assurance that we shall also be taken up and be with Him for ever.

God Almighty planned an eternal Kingdom for His sons and daughters. The failure of man cannot cross or void God’s plan. There is merely an interruption, limited in time, which God has permitted. Humanity, which decided wilfully against God, had to submit to the rulership of Satan, then was bought back by the Lord Himself to be His Own again. Self-redemption is not possible. Salvation is a historical fact and a divine act according to God’s plan. Through the preaching of the Gospel the salvation message brings deliverance. It reveals what God has to offer to humanity by His grace. Through the redemption, by God’s power the children of man, who from their birth are children of death, are born again, receive eternal life and become sons and daughters of God, when they believe and accept what was done for them.

Since the Kingdom of God is eternal, all who wish to live therein must have eternal life. Therefore it is necessary, as our Lord emphasised, that everyone must be born again (Jn. 3). The seed for this new birth from above is God’s Word (Lk. 8:11). It has the divine germ of life within itself. The Holy Spirit comes upon all who receive the Word by faith, and so we are divinely begotten and become children of God (Mt. 13:38a). Through the natural conception we have become earthly, mortal creatures, children of man. Through the supernatural begetting by the Spirit, we become the children of God, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” (1 Pet. 1:23). Whosoever believes in the Lord as his Saviour in this biblical manner can have this personal experience. The incomparable offer of salvation by God’s grace is available to all who wish to receive it, as long as the Day of salvation still lasts. No one can imagine how terrible it will be for those who reject salvation and go into eternity separated from God! In the hour of death those who do not believe that there is life after death will also be confronted with the reality thereof.

The coming of our Redeemer into a natural body came to pass by a supernatural act of God. Mary was born into this world naturally, as everyone else and also in need of redemption. She was the chosen vessel wherein the divine seed was placed, so that the Word might become flesh. She also had to experience salvation as all others, and therefore was with the 120 who were gathered in the »upper room« in Jerusalem, anticipating the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. This experience is necessary to complete our salvation (Acts 1:14; Acts 2). She was sanctified according to the testimony of the Scripture, because she believed the promise that was given to her. The Bible never once speaks about canonisation or declaring people for holy or entering them into sainthood after their death. It only declares sanctification and holiness of the living who believe God’s promises and experience their fulfilments.

God only saves in one way, namely always in connection with the faith in the Word of promise, as was the case with Abraham. Mary believed the divine message, which the Angel Gabriel brought to her, and said, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.” Thus the Word was made flesh and the Son of God was born. In the same way all men and women have to listen to and believe the divine message, be open before God and experience the fulfilment of the Word of promise. Only in this way can spiritual, divine life come into our souls through the new birth. After the supernatural inauguration of the New Testament Church through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, Mary was never mentioned again, right to the end of the Bible. Neither Peter, John or James, nor Paul or any of the others did ever refer to her again. She had accomplished her task. We are concerned with Jesus Christ, the only Saviour, Mediator and Advocate. »Mariology« is unknown to the Scriptures and in reality stands in opposition to Jesus Christ, therefore it is an anti-christ theory. The calling upon and the worshipping of saints goes directly against God, Who alone is holy and worthy of worship (Jn. 4:23-24) and Who will not give His glory to another (Isa. 42, 8).

Jesus Christ is the Lord, who came in the flesh and became human. HE was absolutely holy and without sin, therefore He could take all our guilt upon Him and die in our place. Through His blood, in which was divine life, we have received reconciliation and forgiveness. Everyone who believes this will have the experience of the total redemption of the soul, spirit and body. By His resurrection on the third day the work of redemption was divinely crowned, and death, hell and Satan were conquered. The Resurrected One is the true Victor of Calvary. HE appeared to His disciples for forty days after His resurrection and spoke to them concerning the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God (Acts 1). After those days they saw Him as He was taken up into heaven (Lk. 24). All who believe in the biblical way can find the true anchor for their souls in these divine facts. By His resurrection our resurrection is guaranteed. In His ascension to heaven we have the assurance that we shall also be taken up and be with Him for ever.

God Almighty planned an eternal Kingdom for His sons and daughters. The failure of man cannot cross or void God’s plan. There is merely an interruption, limited in time, which God has permitted. Humanity, which decided wilfully against God, had to submit to the rulership of Satan, then was bought back by the Lord Himself to be His Own again. Self-redemption is not possible. Salvation is a historical fact and a divine act according to God’s plan. Through the preaching of the Gospel the salvation message brings deliverance. It reveals what God has to offer to humanity by His grace. Through the redemption, by God’s power the children of man, who from their birth are children of death, are born again, receive eternal life and become sons and daughters of God, when they believe and accept what was done for them.

Since the Kingdom of God is eternal, all who wish to live therein must have eternal life. Therefore it is necessary, as our Lord emphasised, that everyone must be born again (Jn. 3). The seed for this new birth from above is God’s Word (Lk. 8:11). It has the divine germ of life within itself. The Holy Spirit comes upon all who receive the Word by faith, and so we are divinely begotten and become children of God (Mt. 13:38a). Through the natural conception we have become earthly, mortal creatures, children of man. Through the supernatural begetting by the Spirit, we become the children of God, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” (1 Pet. 1:23). Whosoever believes in the Lord as his Saviour in this biblical manner can have this personal experience. The incomparable offer of salvation by God’s grace is available to all who wish to receive it, as long as the Day of salvation still lasts. No one can imagine how terrible it will be for those who reject salvation and go into eternity separated from God! In the hour of death those who do not believe that there is life after death will also be confronted with the reality thereof.